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Florida Transit Safety and Operations Network (FTSON)
The purpose is to provide resources and a platform for discussion of safety and operational challenges, opportunities, and initiatives impacting public transportation providers in Florida.
Distracted Driving and others These 18 papers are concerned with the following aspects of transportation safety: driver distractions leading to crashes; impact of increases in cognitive workload on young adult drivers; impact of cognitive task complexity on drivers; effects of cognitive and perceptual loads on driver behavior; immediate recall of driver warnings in forward collision…
These 16 papers cover several aspects of transportation safety. The first 3 papers are concerned with transportation safety management, including the effective usage of harmful events data, a national traffic safety index, and safety audits of two-lane rural highways. The next 8 papers address emergency evacuation and services with particular attention to the following: the…
These 17 papers are concerned with the following aspects of transit: the pedestrian intersection safety index applied in planning access to new rail stations; cluster-based hierarchical model for urban transit hub location planning; etc. View Report
This report presents the Proceedings of the 2009 American Public Transportation (APTA) Bus & Paratransit Conference that was held in Austin, TX from May 1-6, 2008. The topics presented include: public transit facilities design; public transit service planning; workforce development; environmental impacts, maintenance, technological innovations; transit vehicle operations; safety, security; and emergency preparedness. View Report